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Wasn't LinkedIn the one who used to access people's emails to farm contacts? They did it by testing the password signed up to LinkedIn against common mail serv
by thevagrant 5y ago
Wasn't LinkedIn the one who used to access people's emails to farm contacts? They did it by testing the password signed up to LinkedIn against common mail services (Hotmail). If the users used the same password across both services then their email got trawled.
- belter 5y agohttps://casetext.com/case/perkins-v-linkedin-corp-6 https://casetext.com/case/perkins-v-linkedin-corp-6
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoWhat you’re describing isn’t ‘farming’ it’s illegal computer hacking.
- thevagrant 5y agoThat's right. It happened a long time ago but it made me quite wary of using LinkedIn. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002172850/http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/09/19/linkedin-hacked-user-emails-for-embarrasing-marketing-suit-claims/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131002172850/http://www.mainju...